YouTube

🚀 Quickstart

Connect to YouTube with Nango and see data flow in 2 minutes.

Create the integration

In Nango (free signup), go to Integrations -> Configure New Integration -> YouTube.

Nango has credentials you can use for testing. Activate them in the dashboard.

Authorize YouTube

Go to Connections -> Add Test Connection -> Authorize, then log in to YouTube. Later, you’ll let your users do the same directly from your app.

Call the YouTube API

Let’s make your first request to the YouTube API (fetch channel information). Replace the placeholders below with your secret key, integration ID, and connection ID:

cURL
Node

curl "https://api.nango.dev/proxy/youtube/v3/channels?part=snippet&mine=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <NANGO-SECRET-KEY>" \
  -H "Provider-Config-Key: <INTEGRATION-ID>" \
  -H "Connection-Id: <CONNECTION-ID>"

Install Nango’s backend SDK with npm i @nangohq/node. Then run:

import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node';

const nango = new Nango({ secretKey: '<NANGO-SECRET-KEY>' });

const res = await nango.get({
    endpoint: '/youtube/v3/channels',
    params: { part: 'snippet', mine: true },
    providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',
    connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>'
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(res.data, 2, null));

Or fetch credentials with the Node SDK or API.✅ You’re connected! Check the Logs tab in Nango to inspect requests.

Implement Nango in your app

Follow our Auth implementation guide to integrate Nango in your app.To obtain your own production credentials, follow the setup guide linked below.

📚 YouTube Integration Guides

Nango maintained guides for common use cases.

How to register your own YouTube OAuth app
Register an OAuth app with YouTube and obtain credentials to connect it to Nango

Official docs: YouTube API documentation

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for YouTube

Enable them in your dashboard. Extend and customize to fit your needs.

Captions

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`list-captions`	List caption tracks for a YouTube video.	Action	🔗 Github

Channels

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`get-channel`	Retrieve YouTube channel details by ID, handle, username, or mine	Action	🔗 Github

Comments

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`create-comment-reply`	Reply to an existing YouTube comment	Action	🔗 Github
`create-comment`	Create a top-level comment on a YouTube video or channel thread.	Action	🔗 Github
`delete-comment`	Delete a YouTube comment by comment ID	Action	🔗 Github
`get-comment`	Retrieve a YouTube comment by comment ID.	Action	🔗 Github
`list-comment-threads`	List YouTube comment threads for a video or channel.	Action	🔗 Github
`update-comment`	Update the text of a YouTube comment.	Action	🔗 Github

Playlists

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`add-playlist-item`	Add a video to a YouTube playlist	Action	🔗 Github
`create-playlist`	Create a YouTube playlist for the authenticated channel.	Action	🔗 Github
`delete-playlist-item`	Remove an item from a YouTube playlist	Action	🔗 Github
`delete-playlist`	Delete a YouTube playlist by playlist ID	Action	🔗 Github
`get-playlist`	Retrieve a YouTube playlist by playlist ID.	Action	🔗 Github
`list-channel-playlists`	List playlists for a YouTube channel	Action	🔗 Github
`list-playlist-items`	List items in a YouTube playlist	Action	🔗 Github
`update-playlist`	Update a YouTube playlist’s metadata or privacy state	Action	🔗 Github

Videos

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`delete-video`	Delete a YouTube video owned by the authenticated channel.	Action	🔗 Github
`get-video`	Retrieve a YouTube video by video ID	Action	🔗 Github
`list-uploaded-videos`	List uploaded videos for a channel using its uploads playlist.	Action	🔗 Github
`update-video`	Update YouTube video metadata for an owned video.	Action	🔗 Github

Others

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`update-playlist-item`	Update a playlist item’s metadata or position.	Action	🔗 Github
`caption-tracks`	Sync caption track metadata for YouTube videos in scope	Sync	🔗 Github
`channel-playlists`	Sync playlists for YouTube channels in scope	Sync	🔗 Github
`channels`	Sync one or more YouTube channels in scope	Sync	🔗 Github
`comment-threads`	Sync comment threads for YouTube videos or channels in scope	Sync	🔗 Github
`playlist-items`	Sync items from YouTube playlists in scope	Sync	🔗 Github
`uploaded-videos`	Sync uploaded videos for YouTube channels in scope	Sync	🔗 Github

Overview

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🚀 Quickstart

📚 YouTube Integration Guides

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for YouTube

Captions

Channels

Comments

Playlists

Videos

Others

Overview

700+ APIs & Integrations

Documentation Index

​🚀 Quickstart

​📚 YouTube Integration Guides

​🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for YouTube

​Captions

​Channels

​Comments

​Playlists

​Videos

​Others

🚀 Quickstart

📚 YouTube Integration Guides

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for YouTube

Captions

Channels

Comments

Playlists

Videos

Others